Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas
Mahmoud Abbas, also known by the kunya Abu Mazen, is the President of the State of Palestine and Palestinian National Authority. He has been the Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organizationsince 11 November 2004 and has been Palestinian president since 15 January 2005. Abbas is a member of the Fatah party...
NationalityPalestinian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 March 1935
CitySafed, Israel
CountryPalestine, State of
fall independent hands
I simply want tomorrow to be better than today. I want Palestine to be independent and sovereign... Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.
country believe countries-of-the-world
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the people of Palestine. We only aim to de-legitimize the settlement activities and the occupation and apartheid and the logic of ruthless force, and we believe that all the countries of the world stand with us in this regard.
adopt change convince hope incapable night position thus totally
I hope that they will change their position in future. I try night and day to convince them to adopt my policies, which are moderate. If they do not, they will end up totally isolated, and thus incapable of accomplishing their mission.
responsibility studied
This is a big responsibility that must be studied carefully.
work
realistic, if we work on it from now.
step
The most important step after the withdrawal will be how we protect, rebuild.
god help neither nor pray task
I pray to God to help us. The task is not easy, neither for us nor for the new government.
growth battle littles
The little jihad is over, and now we have the bigger jihad - the bigger battle is achieving security and economic growth